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Icon sets, 150+ best designs

Icons have definitely become one of the most useful resources to implement in web design thanks to their lightweight and high communication level. Ranging from truly minimal creations to realistic and big designs that can barely be considered icons as they’re more a piece of art themselves, icons offer many different styles to satisfy all the people’s needs. On this countdown we’ve gathered the greatest icon sets that were released throughout these past twelve months (some sets were released before that period but we just could not leave them out of this list) with the only purpose of supply you a high shot of inspiration that will help you understand the true meaning of icons as powerful communication tools that should never miss in any good web design.

Our top selection

On this first section we like to show you the best of the best in icon design, maybe it’s their top quality, its usability or simply awesomeness, but the truth is that these next icons are the real deal, so let’s take a look to them:

Useful icons for designers and developers

This section covers all those icons that can be helpful for any graphic designer / web developer that wants to incorporate original designs into their websites. These icons can be often implemented in any kind of website, as they communicate all the basic internet options (on, audio, search, settings, etc.), social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Digg, etc.) and general utilities.

High-end icon sets

As the title says, on this category you will probably find the most beautiful icon sets of 2010, designs made by professionals with a lot of care for the small details, using controlled color palettes and a pursuit towards realism. You can find both vectorial and pixel perfect icons on this category, and both can be implemented on design agencies and similar websites, though their application in other types of websites will probably work well.

Title: Designer Portfolio Icons

Minimal and clean Icon Sets

On this section we collected all those icon sets that among their characteristics we encounter reduced color palettes, simple shapes, few or none gradients and basically simplicity. These sets are really suitable for companies and corporative industries because thanks to their simple design, they can be easily incorporated into almost any web design.

Title: Picol

Original icon designs

By original we’re not trying to suggest that these designs broke the mold with their quality or way of working with color, this is more a conceptual acknowledgment, focused on the ability of designing new ways of communicate or take common life elements and transport them into icon design, so here are the best examples of original icon designs from 2010.

Social Icons

Probably the most popular category of this article, social icons are definitely the biggest trend in icon design of these days and before that reality changes, it will pass a long period of time. We gathered those social icons that either opted for crispy, original designs, huge social icons sets or simply those who delivered pure awesomeness on their designs.

E-commerce, credit card and payment icons

As the main title of the category suggests, these icons are ideal for e-commerce websites, the credit card and payment icons are excellent for websites like PayPal or places that make all their sells via internet. On this category you will find many great icon designs that were released in 2010 and that may help you prettify your upcoming sales webpage.

Title: Finance

Season icons

Every year, icon designers/agencies release different icon sets with specific themes depending on the current season. During this year we saw some fancy Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Saint Valentine icon sets for you to enjoy.

And there you have them, 150+ astounding icon sets ready to help you out with your design queries. We included many different styles and themes in order to cover everyone’s needs, please leave us your comments and suggestions so we can keep improving the quality of our articles and showcases, thanks for visiting Icon Library, the Iconshock Blog.